# campaign

> English word · Noun · IPA /kæmˈpeɪn/ · frequency rank #1,068

## Definitions
1. A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
2. A player or team's efforts during a sporting season.
3. A series of play sessions using the same player characters, forming a continuous narrative.
4. The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
5. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
6. An excursion into the countryside.

## Etymology
From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campania, campagna, and champagne.

## Easily confused with
- **campion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/campaign-vs-campion)
- **campaigns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/campaign-vs-campaigns)
- **champaign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/campaign-vs-champaign)
- **campaigner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/campaign-vs-campaigner)

## Common misspellings (12)
`acmpaign`, `camapign`, `cammpaign`, `campagin`, `campaiggn`, `campaignn`, `campaing`, `campiagn`, `camppaign`, `capmaign`, `ccampaign`, `cmapaign`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/campaign